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10 March, 21:44

Which of these excerpts is one of the main arguments in Jack London's "The Human Drift"?

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  1. 10 March, 21:59
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    After researching, here are the choices.

    A. The history of civilization is a history of wandering, sword in hand, in search of food.

    B. As soon as [man's] evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw.

    C. And yet, despite this terrible roll of death, there are to-day alive on the planet a billion and three quarters of human beings.

    D. And to this day, [man's] finest creative energy and technical skill are devoted to the same old task of making better and ever better killing weapons.

    The correct answer is letter A. The history of civilization is a history of wandering, sword in hand, in search of food.
  2. 10 March, 23:56
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    The correct option is:

    A. The history of civilization is a history of wandering, sword in hand, in search of food.

    Explanation:

    Like London’s "The Human Drift," Crane’s story is interspersed with naturalist parts. In each of those works, the foremost necessary theme is nature.

    Crane personifies nature, giving the ocean divine and school of thought qualities. The story establishes the tough indisputable fact that man is just mortal and at the mercy of nature’s whims. In "The Open Boat," the verbalizer portrays the dynamical moods of nature by describing the ocean in several ways in which. Early within the story, the ocean "snarls" and "bucks sort of a Mustang." Later, the ocean just "paces to and fro."

    Similarly, in London’s "The Human Drift," the main target is on nature. Man and every one his wanderings is fueled by the fundamental ought to satiate hunger. so men and full civilizations drift and eventually settle wherever nature lets them survive, as shown in these lines:

    Man, like several different animals, has roved over the world seeking what he would possibly devour; and not romance and journey, however, the hunger-need, has urged him on his large adventures.
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